Rep. Michael J. Madigan

Filed: 5/13/2014

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3890

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3890 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Economic Development for a Growing Economy
5Tax Credit Act is amended by changing Sections 5-5, 5-15, 5-20,
6and 5-50 as follows:
 
7    (35 ILCS 10/5-5)
8    Sec. 5-5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
9    "Agreement" means the Agreement between a Taxpayer and the
10Department under the provisions of Section 5-50 of this Act.
11    "Applicant" means a Taxpayer that is operating a business
12located or that the Taxpayer plans to locate within the State
13of Illinois and that is engaged in interstate or intrastate
14commerce for the purpose of manufacturing, processing,
15assembling, warehousing, or distributing products, conducting
16research and development, providing tourism services, or

 

 

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1providing services in interstate commerce, office industries,
2or agricultural processing, but excluding retail, retail food,
3health, or professional services. "Applicant" does not include
4a Taxpayer who closes or substantially reduces an operation at
5one location in the State and relocates substantially the same
6operation to another location in the State. This does not
7prohibit a Taxpayer from expanding its operations at another
8location in the State, provided that existing operations of a
9similar nature located within the State are not closed or
10substantially reduced. This also does not prohibit a Taxpayer
11from moving its operations from one location in the State to
12another location in the State for the purpose of expanding the
13operation provided that the Department determines that
14expansion cannot reasonably be accommodated within the
15municipality in which the business is located, or in the case
16of a business located in an incorporated area of the county,
17within the county in which the business is located, after
18conferring with the chief elected official of the municipality
19or county and taking into consideration any evidence offered by
20the municipality or county regarding the ability to accommodate
21expansion within the municipality or county.
22    "Committee" means the Illinois Business Investment
23Committee created under Section 5-25 of this Act within the
24Illinois Economic Development Board.
25    "Credit" means the amount agreed to between the Department
26and Applicant under this Act, but not to exceed the Incremental

 

 

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1Income Tax attributable to the Applicant's project. However, if
2the Applicant's project includes retained employees, then the
3amount of the Credit may also include an amount agreed to
4between the Department and the Applicant based on the severity
5of the poverty or unemployment in the geographic area in which
6the Applicant's project is located or the retained employees
7reside. That amount may not be more than 40% of the total
8amount withheld during the taxable year under Article 7 of the
9Illinois Income Tax Act from the compensation of retained
10employees. For the purposes of this definition, "retained
11employee" means a full-time employee of the Applicant who is
12employed at the project location and whose job is identified in
13the application as being at risk of being relocated outside of
14Illinois if the Applicant does not receive a credit under this
15Act.
16    "Department" means the Department of Commerce and Economic
17Opportunity.
18    "Director" means the Director of Commerce and Economic
19Opportunity.
20    "Full-time Employee" means an individual who is employed
21for consideration for at least 35 hours each week or who
22renders any other standard of service generally accepted by
23industry custom or practice as full-time employment. An
24individual for whom a W-2 is issued by a Professional Employer
25Organization (PEO) is a full-time employee if employed in the
26service of the Applicant for consideration for at least 35

 

 

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1hours each week or who renders any other standard of service
2generally accepted by industry custom or practice as full-time
3employment to Applicant.
4    "Geographic area of high poverty or high unemployment"
5means a census tract in which more than 20% of the residents
6live below the poverty level, as determined by the most recent
7data from the United States Census Bureau, or the average
8unemployment rate for that census tract exceeds the average
9unemployment rate for the State by 3% or more.
10    "Incremental Income Tax" means the total amount withheld
11during the taxable year from the compensation of New Employees
12under Article 7 of the Illinois Income Tax Act arising from
13employment at a project that is the subject of an Agreement.
14    "New Employee" means:
15        (a) A Full-time Employee first employed by a Taxpayer
16    in the project that is the subject of an Agreement and who
17    is hired after the Taxpayer enters into the tax credit
18    Agreement.
19        (b) The term "New Employee" does not include:
20            (1) an employee of the Taxpayer who performs a job
21        that was previously performed by another employee, if
22        that job existed for at least 6 months before hiring
23        the employee;
24            (2) an employee of the Taxpayer who was previously
25        employed in Illinois by a Related Member of the
26        Taxpayer and whose employment was shifted to the

 

 

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1        Taxpayer after the Taxpayer entered into the tax credit
2        Agreement; or
3            (3) a child, grandchild, parent, or spouse, other
4        than a spouse who is legally separated from the
5        individual, of any individual who has a direct or an
6        indirect ownership interest of at least 5% in the
7        profits, capital, or value of the Taxpayer.
8        (c) Notwithstanding paragraph (1) of subsection (b),
9    an employee may be considered a New Employee under the
10    Agreement if the employee performs a job that was
11    previously performed by an employee who was:
12            (1) treated under the Agreement as a New Employee;
13        and
14            (2) promoted by the Taxpayer to another job.
15        (d) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Department may
16    award Credit to an Applicant with respect to an employee
17    hired prior to the date of the Agreement if:
18            (1) the Applicant is in receipt of a letter from
19        the Department stating an intent to enter into a credit
20        Agreement;
21            (2) the letter described in paragraph (1) is issued
22        by the Department not later than 15 days after the
23        effective date of this Act; and
24            (3) the employee was hired after the date the
25        letter described in paragraph (1) was issued.
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1is not complying with the requirements of the Agreement or the
2provisions of this Act, the day following the last date upon
3which the Taxpayer was in compliance with the requirements of
4the Agreement and the provisions of this Act, as determined by
5the Director, pursuant to Section 5-65.
6    "Pass Through Entity" means an entity that is exempt from
7the tax under subsection (b) or (c) of Section 205 of the
8Illinois Income Tax Act.
9    "Professional Employer Organization" (PEO) means an
10employee leasing company, as defined in Section 206.1(A)(2) of
11the Illinois Unemployment Insurance Act.
12    "Related Member" means a person that, with respect to the
13Taxpayer during any portion of the taxable year, is any one of
14the following:
15        (1) An individual stockholder, if the stockholder and
16    the members of the stockholder's family (as defined in
17    Section 318 of the Internal Revenue Code) own directly,
18    indirectly, beneficially, or constructively, in the
19    aggregate, at least 50% of the value of the Taxpayer's
20    outstanding stock.
21        (2) A partnership, estate, or trust and any partner or
22    beneficiary, if the partnership, estate, or trust, and its
23    partners or beneficiaries own directly, indirectly,
24    beneficially, or constructively, in the aggregate, at
25    least 50% of the profits, capital, stock, or value of the
26    Taxpayer.

 

 

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1        (3) A corporation, and any party related to the
2    corporation in a manner that would require an attribution
3    of stock from the corporation to the party or from the
4    party to the corporation under the attribution rules of
5    Section 318 of the Internal Revenue Code, if the Taxpayer
6    owns directly, indirectly, beneficially, or constructively
7    at least 50% of the value of the corporation's outstanding
8    stock.
9        (4) A corporation and any party related to that
10    corporation in a manner that would require an attribution
11    of stock from the corporation to the party or from the
12    party to the corporation under the attribution rules of
13    Section 318 of the Internal Revenue Code, if the
14    corporation and all such related parties own in the
15    aggregate at least 50% of the profits, capital, stock, or
16    value of the Taxpayer.
17        (5) A person to or from whom there is attribution of
18    stock ownership in accordance with Section 1563(e) of the
19    Internal Revenue Code, except, for purposes of determining
20    whether a person is a Related Member under this paragraph,
21    20% shall be substituted for 5% wherever 5% appears in
22    Section 1563(e) of the Internal Revenue Code.
23    "Taxpayer" means an individual, corporation, partnership,
24or other entity that has any Illinois Income Tax liability.
25(Source: P.A. 94-793, eff. 5-19-06; 95-375, eff. 8-23-07.)
 

 

 

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1    (35 ILCS 10/5-15)
2    Sec. 5-15. Tax Credit Awards. Subject to the conditions set
3forth in this Act, a Taxpayer is entitled to a Credit against
4or, as described in subsection (g) of this Section, a payment
5towards taxes imposed pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) of
6Section 201 of the Illinois Income Tax Act that may be imposed
7on the Taxpayer for a taxable year beginning on or after
8January 1, 1999, if the Taxpayer is awarded a Credit by the
9Department under this Act for that taxable year.
10    (a) The Department shall make Credit awards under this Act
11to foster job creation and retention in Illinois.
12    (b) A person that proposes a project to create new jobs in
13Illinois must enter into an Agreement with the Department for
14the Credit under this Act.
15    (c) The Credit shall be claimed for the taxable years
16specified in the Agreement.
17    (d) The Credit shall not exceed the Incremental Income Tax
18attributable to the project that is the subject of the
19Agreement.
20    (e) Nothing herein shall prohibit a Tax Credit Award to an
21Applicant that uses a PEO if all other award criteria are
22satisfied.
23    (f) Subject to the requirements of paragraph (5) of this
24subsection (f), in In lieu of the Credit allowed under this Act
25against the taxes imposed pursuant to subsections (a) and (b)
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1year ending on or after December 31, 2009, the Taxpayer may
2elect to claim the Credit against its obligation to pay over
3withholding under Section 704A of the Illinois Income Tax Act.
4        (1) The election under this subsection (f) may be made
5    only by a Taxpayer that (i) is primarily engaged in one of
6    the following business activities: water purification and
7    treatment, motor vehicle metal stamping, automobile
8    manufacturing, automobile and light duty motor vehicle
9    manufacturing, motor vehicle manufacturing, light truck
10    and utility vehicle manufacturing, heavy duty truck
11    manufacturing, motor vehicle body manufacturing, cable
12    television infrastructure design or manufacturing, or
13    wireless telecommunication or computing terminal device
14    design or manufacturing for use on public networks and (ii)
15    meets the following criteria:
16            (A) the Taxpayer (i) had an Illinois net loss or an
17        Illinois net loss deduction under Section 207 of the
18        Illinois Income Tax Act for the taxable year in which
19        the Credit is awarded, (ii) employed a minimum of 1,000
20        full-time employees in this State during the taxable
21        year in which the Credit is awarded, (iii) has an
22        Agreement under this Act on December 14, 2009 (the
23        effective date of Public Act 96-834), and (iv) is in
24        compliance with all provisions of that Agreement;
25            (B) the Taxpayer (i) had an Illinois net loss or an
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1        Illinois Income Tax Act for the taxable year in which
2        the Credit is awarded, (ii) employed a minimum of 1,000
3        full-time employees in this State during the taxable
4        year in which the Credit is awarded, and (iii) has
5        applied for an Agreement within 365 days after December
6        14, 2009 (the effective date of Public Act 96-834);
7            (C) the Taxpayer (i) had an Illinois net operating
8        loss carryforward under Section 207 of the Illinois
9        Income Tax Act in a taxable year ending during calendar
10        year 2008, (ii) has applied for an Agreement within 150
11        days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of
12        the 96th General Assembly, (iii) creates at least 400
13        new jobs in Illinois, (iv) retains at least 2,000 jobs
14        in Illinois that would have been at risk of relocation
15        out of Illinois over a 10-year period, and (v) makes a
16        capital investment of at least $75,000,000;
17            (D) the Taxpayer (i) had an Illinois net operating
18        loss carryforward under Section 207 of the Illinois
19        Income Tax Act in a taxable year ending during calendar
20        year 2009, (ii) has applied for an Agreement within 150
21        days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of
22        the 96th General Assembly, (iii) creates at least 150
23        new jobs, (iv) retains at least 1,000 jobs in Illinois
24        that would have been at risk of relocation out of
25        Illinois over a 10-year period, and (v) makes a capital
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1            (E) the Taxpayer (i) employed at least 2,500
2        full-time employees in the State during the year in
3        which the Credit is awarded, (ii) commits to make at
4        least $500,000,000 in combined capital improvements
5        and project costs under the Agreement, (iii) applies
6        for an Agreement between January 1, 2011 and June 30,
7        2011, (iv) executes an Agreement for the Credit during
8        calendar year 2011, and (v) was incorporated no more
9        than 5 years before the filing of an application for an
10        Agreement.
11        (1.5) The election under this subsection (f) may also
12    be made by a Taxpayer for any Credit awarded pursuant to an
13    agreement that was executed between January 1, 2011 and
14    June 30, 2011, if the Taxpayer (i) is primarily engaged in
15    the manufacture of inner tubes or tires, or both, from
16    natural and synthetic rubber, (ii) employs a minimum of
17    2,400 full-time employees in Illinois at the time of
18    application, (iii) creates at least 350 full-time jobs and
19    retains at least 250 full-time jobs in Illinois that would
20    have been at risk of being created or retained outside of
21    Illinois, and (iv) makes a capital investment of at least
22    $200,000,000 at the project location.
23        (1.6) The election under this subsection (f) may also
24    be made by a Taxpayer for any Credit awarded pursuant to an
25    agreement that was executed within 150 days after the
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1    Assembly, if the Taxpayer (i) is primarily engaged in the
2    operation of a discount department store, (ii) maintains
3    its corporate headquarters in Illinois, (iii) employs a
4    minimum of 4,250 full-time employees at its corporate
5    headquarters in Illinois at the time of application, (iv)
6    retains at least 4,250 full-time jobs in Illinois that
7    would have been at risk of being relocated outside of
8    Illinois, (v) had a minimum of $40,000,000,000 in total
9    revenue in 2010, and (vi) makes a capital investment of at
10    least $300,000,000 at the project location.
11        (1.7) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
12    election under this subsection (f) may also be made by a
13    Taxpayer for any Credit awarded pursuant to an agreement
14    that was executed or applied for on or after July 1, 2011
15    and on or before March 31, 2012, if the Taxpayer is
16    primarily engaged in the manufacture of original and
17    aftermarket filtration parts and products for automobiles,
18    motor vehicles, light duty motor vehicles, light trucks and
19    utility vehicles, and heavy duty trucks, (ii) employs a
20    minimum of 1,000 full-time employees in Illinois at the
21    time of application, (iii) creates at least 250 full-time
22    jobs in Illinois, (iv) relocates its corporate
23    headquarters to Illinois from another state, and (v) makes
24    a capital investment of at least $4,000,000 at the project
25    location.
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1    credit to be taken against payments otherwise due under
2    Section 704A of the Illinois Income Tax Act during the
3    first calendar year beginning after the end of the taxable
4    year in which the credit is awarded under this Act.
5        (3) The election shall be made in the form and manner
6    required by the Illinois Department of Revenue and, once
7    made, shall be irrevocable.
8        (4) If a Taxpayer who meets the requirements of
9    subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) of this subsection (f)
10    elects to claim the Credit against its withholdings as
11    provided in this subsection (f), then, on and after the
12    date of the election, the terms of the Agreement between
13    the Taxpayer and the Department may not be further amended
14    during the term of the Agreement.
15        (5) With respect to Agreements entered into on or after
16    the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th
17    General Assembly, no Taxpayer may make an election under
18    this subsection (f) unless all of the following conditions
19    are met:
20            (A) The General Assembly authorizes that election
21        by law.
22            (B) The Taxpayer applies with the Department for a
23        Credit prior to the date the General Assembly
24        authorizes the election.
25            (C) The Taxpayer (i) agrees to hire a specified
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1        geographic area of high poverty or high unemployment or
2        (ii) agrees to hire a specified number of New Employees
3        at least 65% of whom reside in a geographic area of
4        high poverty or high unemployment; the number of New
5        Employees hired under item (ii) shall be verified
6        annually by the Department through payroll information
7        submitted by the Taxpayer; for the purposes of this
8        subparagraph (C), an employee who is retained by the
9        Taxpayer is not considered a New Employee.
10            (D) The Taxpayer files a statement with the
11        Department at the time of the application for the
12        Credit containing the following information from the
13        Taxpayer's Illinois income tax return for the 2 years
14        immediately preceding the date of the application; in
15        addition, the Taxpayer shall file an additional
16        statement with the Department containing the same
17        information for the first taxable year with respect to
18        which an election is made under this subsection (f) and
19        for each subsequent tax year covered by the Agreement:
20                (i) the Taxpayer's base income, as calculated
21            under Section 203 of the Illinois Income Tax Act;
22                (ii) the apportionment factor to the State for
23            the Taxpayer;
24                (iii) the total business income of the
25            Taxpayer apportioned to the State;
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1            for the Taxpayer, if any;
2                (v) the total non-business income of the
3            Taxpayer and the amount of the Taxpayer's
4            non-business income allocated to the State;
5                (vi) the net income of the Taxpayer;
6                (vii) the Taxpayer's total State income tax
7            liability before credits;
8                (viii) the Taxpayer's net income tax
9            liability;
10                (ix) the Taxpayer's total personal property
11            tax replacement tax liability before credits;
12                (x) the Taxpayer's net personal property tax
13            replacement tax liability; and
14                (xi) tax credits claimed by the Taxpayer, with
15            each credit individually enumerated.
16            Each additional statement required under this
17        subparagraph (D) for a taxable year shall be filed no
18        later than the earlier of 30 days after (i) the
19        Taxpayer files its Illinois income tax return for that
20        taxable year, (ii) the due date (including extensions)
21        for the filing of that return, or (iii) in the case of
22        the additional statement covering the taxable year in
23        which an election is made, the date the election is
24        made under this subsection (f).
25            (E) The Taxpayer files a statement with the
26        Department reporting any changes to the information

 

 

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1        required to be reported under subparagraph (D) that
2        were reported by the Taxpayer on an amended return for
3        the taxable year or that were made by the Department of
4        Revenue; the report required under this subparagraph
5        (E) must be filed within 30 days after the Taxpayer
6        files the amended return or within 30 days after the
7        date on which all proceedings in court for review of
8        the changes made by the Department of Revenue have
9        terminated or the time for taking thereof has expired
10        without such proceedings being instituted.
11            (F) The Agreement includes a consent by the
12        Taxpayer to allow the Department to confirm with the
13        Department of Revenue the accuracy of the information
14        required to be reported under subparagraphs (D) and
15        (E).
16    (g) A pass-through entity that has been awarded a credit
17under this Act, its shareholders, or its partners may treat
18some or all of the credit awarded pursuant to this Act as a tax
19payment for purposes of the Illinois Income Tax Act. The term
20"tax payment" means a payment as described in Article 6 or
21Article 8 of the Illinois Income Tax Act or a composite payment
22made by a pass-through entity on behalf of any of its
23shareholders or partners to satisfy such shareholders' or
24partners' taxes imposed pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) of
25Section 201 of the Illinois Income Tax Act. In no event shall
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1the Illinois income tax liability of the pass-through entity or
2its shareholders or partners for the taxable year.
3(Source: P.A. 96-834, eff. 12-14-09; 96-836, eff. 12-16-09;
496-905, eff. 6-4-10; 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10; 96-1534, eff.
53-4-11; 97-2, eff. 5-6-11; 97-636, eff. 6-1-12.)
 
6    (35 ILCS 10/5-20)
7    Sec. 5-20. Application for a project to create and retain
8new jobs.
9    (a) Any Taxpayer proposing a project located or planned to
10be located in Illinois may request consideration for
11designation of its project, by formal written letter of request
12or by formal application to the Department, in which the
13Applicant states its intent to make at least a specified level
14of investment and intends to hire or retain a specified number
15of full-time employees at a designated location in Illinois. As
16circumstances require, the Department may require a formal
17application from an Applicant and a formal letter of request
18for assistance. Each application must contain an affidavit
19signed by the Taxpayer's chief executive officer or chief
20financial officer, or an individual holding an equivalent
21position in the organization, stating that, but for the Credit,
22the Taxpayer would not locate the project in the State.
23    (b) In order to qualify for Credits under this Act, an
24Applicant's project must:
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1    involve an investment of at least $5,000,000 in capital
2    improvements to be placed in service and to employ at least
3    25 New Employees within the State as a direct result of the
4    project;
5        (2) involve an investment of at least an amount (to be
6    expressly specified by the Department and the Committee) in
7    capital improvements to be placed in service and will
8    employ at least an amount (to be expressly specified by the
9    Department and the Committee) of New Employees within the
10    State, provided that the Department and the Committee have
11    determined that the project will provide a substantial
12    economic benefit to the State; or
13        (3) if the applicant has 100 or fewer employees, then
14    the applicant is not subject to the capital improvement
15    requirements set forth in paragraph (1) of this subsection,
16    but the applicant's project must involve an investment of
17    at least $1,000,000 in capital improvements to be placed in
18    service and to employ at least 5 New Employees within the
19    State as a direct result of the project.
20    (c) After receipt of an application, the Department may
21enter into an Agreement with the Applicant if the application
22is accepted in accordance with Section 5-25.
23(Source: P.A. 93-882, eff. 1-1-05.)
 
24    (35 ILCS 10/5-50)
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1Department shall enter into an Agreement with an Applicant that
2is awarded a Credit under this Act. The Agreement must include
3all of the following:
4        (1) A detailed description of the project that is the
5    subject of the Agreement, including the location and amount
6    of the investment and jobs created or retained.
7        (2) The duration of the Credit and the first taxable
8    year for which the Credit may be claimed.
9        (3) The Credit amount that will be allowed for each
10    taxable year.
11        (4) A requirement that the Taxpayer shall maintain
12    operations at the project location that shall be stated as
13    a minimum number of years not to exceed 10.
14        (5) A specific method for determining the number of New
15    Employees employed during a taxable year.
16        (6) A requirement that the Taxpayer shall annually
17    report to the Department the number of New Employees, the
18    home addresses of any retained employees, the Incremental
19    Income Tax withheld in connection with the New Employees
20    and retained employees, and any other information the
21    Director needs to perform the Director's duties under this
22    Act.
23        (7) A requirement that the Director is authorized to
24    verify with the appropriate State agencies the amounts
25    reported under paragraph (6), and after doing so shall
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1    amounts have been verified.
2        (8) A requirement that the Taxpayer shall provide
3    written notification to the Director not more than 30 days
4    after the Taxpayer makes or receives a proposal that would
5    transfer the Taxpayer's State tax liability obligations to
6    a successor Taxpayer.
7        (9) A detailed description of the number of New
8    Employees to be hired, and the occupation and payroll of
9    the full-time jobs to be created or retained as a result of
10    the project.
11        (10) The minimum investment the business enterprise
12    will make in capital improvements, the time period for
13    placing the property in service, and the designated
14    location in Illinois for the investment.
15        (11) A requirement that the Taxpayer shall provide
16    written notification to the Director and the Committee not
17    more than 30 days after the Taxpayer determines that the
18    minimum job creation or retention, employment payroll, or
19    investment no longer is being or will be achieved or
20    maintained as set forth in the terms and conditions of the
21    Agreement.
22        (12) A provision that, if the total number of New
23    Employees falls below a specified level, the allowance of
24    Credit shall be suspended until the number of New Employees
25    equals or exceeds the Agreement amount.
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1    costs incurred by the Taxpayer will be included in the
2    limitation on the Credit provided in Section 5-30.
3        (13.5) A provision that, if the Taxpayer never meets
4    either the investment or job creation and retention
5    requirements specified in the Agreement during the entire
6    5-year period beginning on the first day of the first
7    taxable year in which the Agreement is executed and ending
8    on the last day of the fifth taxable year after the
9    Agreement is executed, then the Agreement is automatically
10    terminated on the last day of the fifth taxable year after
11    the Agreement is executed and the Taxpayer is not entitled
12    to the award of any credits for any of that 5-year period.
13        (14) Any other performance conditions or contract
14    provisions as the Department determines are appropriate.
15    The Department shall post on its website (i) the terms of
16each Agreement entered into under this Act on or after the
17effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General
18Assembly and (ii) the tax information provided to the
19Department under subparagraphs (D) and (E) of paragraph (5) of
20subsection (f).
21(Source: P.A. 97-2, eff. 5-6-11; 97-749, eff. 7-6-12.)
 
22    Section 10. The Illinois Income Tax Act is amended by
23changing Section 917 as follows:
 
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1    Sec. 917. Confidentiality and information sharing.
2    (a) Confidentiality. Except as provided in this Section,
3all information received by the Department from returns filed
4under this Act, or from any investigation conducted under the
5provisions of this Act, shall be confidential, except for
6official purposes within the Department or pursuant to official
7procedures for collection of any State tax or pursuant to an
8investigation or audit by the Illinois State Scholarship
9Commission of a delinquent student loan or monetary award or
10enforcement of any civil or criminal penalty or sanction
11imposed by this Act or by another statute imposing a State tax,
12and any person who divulges any such information in any manner,
13except for such purposes and pursuant to order of the Director
14or in accordance with a proper judicial order, shall be guilty
15of a Class A misdemeanor. However, the provisions of this
16paragraph are not applicable to information furnished to (i)
17the Department of Healthcare and Family Services (formerly
18Department of Public Aid), State's Attorneys, and the Attorney
19General for child support enforcement purposes and (ii) a
20licensed attorney representing the taxpayer where an appeal or
21a protest has been filed on behalf of the taxpayer. If it is
22necessary to file information obtained pursuant to this Act in
23a child support enforcement proceeding, the information shall
24be filed under seal.
25    (b) Public information. Nothing contained in this Act shall
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1public the names and addresses of persons filing returns under
2this Act, or from publishing or making available reasonable
3statistics concerning the operation of the tax wherein the
4contents of returns are grouped into aggregates in such a way
5that the information contained in any individual return shall
6not be disclosed.
7    (c) Governmental agencies. The Director may make available
8to the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States or his
9delegate, or the proper officer or his delegate of any other
10state imposing a tax upon or measured by income, for
11exclusively official purposes, information received by the
12Department in the administration of this Act, but such
13permission shall be granted only if the United States or such
14other state, as the case may be, grants the Department
15substantially similar privileges. The Director may exchange
16information with the Department of Healthcare and Family
17Services and the Department of Human Services (acting as
18successor to the Department of Public Aid under the Department
19of Human Services Act) for the purpose of verifying sources and
20amounts of income and for other purposes directly connected
21with the administration of this Act, the Illinois Public Aid
22Code, and any other health benefit program administered by the
23State. The Director may exchange information with the Director
24of the Department of Employment Security for the purpose of
25verifying sources and amounts of income and for other purposes
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1administered by the Department of Employment Security. The
2Director may make available to the Illinois Workers'
3Compensation Commission information regarding employers for
4the purpose of verifying the insurance coverage required under
5the Workers' Compensation Act and Workers' Occupational
6Diseases Act. The Director may exchange information with the
7Illinois Department on Aging for the purpose of verifying
8sources and amounts of income for purposes directly related to
9confirming eligibility for participation in the programs of
10benefits authorized by the Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons
11Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act.
12    The Director may make available to any State agency,
13including the Illinois Supreme Court, which licenses persons to
14engage in any occupation, information that a person licensed by
15such agency has failed to file returns under this Act or pay
16the tax, penalty and interest shown therein, or has failed to
17pay any final assessment of tax, penalty or interest due under
18this Act. The Director may make available to any State agency,
19including the Illinois Supreme Court, information regarding
20whether a bidder, contractor, or an affiliate of a bidder or
21contractor has failed to file returns under this Act or pay the
22tax, penalty, and interest shown therein, or has failed to pay
23any final assessment of tax, penalty, or interest due under
24this Act, for the limited purpose of enforcing bidder and
25contractor certifications. For purposes of this Section, the
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1indirectly, or constructively controls another entity, (2) is
2directly, indirectly, or constructively controlled by another
3entity, or (3) is subject to the control of a common entity.
4For purposes of this subsection (a), an entity controls another
5entity if it owns, directly or individually, more than 10% of
6the voting securities of that entity. As used in this
7subsection (a), the term "voting security" means a security
8that (1) confers upon the holder the right to vote for the
9election of members of the board of directors or similar
10governing body of the business or (2) is convertible into, or
11entitles the holder to receive upon its exercise, a security
12that confers such a right to vote. A general partnership
13interest is a voting security.
14    The Director may make available to any State agency,
15including the Illinois Supreme Court, units of local
16government, and school districts, information regarding
17whether a bidder or contractor is an affiliate of a person who
18is not collecting and remitting Illinois Use taxes, for the
19limited purpose of enforcing bidder and contractor
20certifications.
21    The Director may also make available to the Secretary of
22State information that a corporation which has been issued a
23certificate of incorporation by the Secretary of State has
24failed to file returns under this Act or pay the tax, penalty
25and interest shown therein, or has failed to pay any final
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1assessment is final when all proceedings in court for review of
2such assessment have terminated or the time for the taking
3thereof has expired without such proceedings being instituted.
4For taxable years ending on or after December 31, 1987, the
5Director may make available to the Director or principal
6officer of any Department of the State of Illinois, information
7that a person employed by such Department has failed to file
8returns under this Act or pay the tax, penalty and interest
9shown therein. For purposes of this paragraph, the word
10"Department" shall have the same meaning as provided in Section
113 of the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971.
12    The Director may provide information to the Department of
13Commerce and Economic Opportunity for the purpose of confirming
14information provided by a taxpayer under subparagraphs (D) and
15(E) of item (5) of subsection (f) of Section 5-15 of the
16Economic Development for a Growing Economy Tax Credit Act if
17the taxpayer consents to that disclosure in the Agreement under
18that Act.
19    (d) The Director shall make available for public inspection
20in the Department's principal office and for publication, at
21cost, administrative decisions issued on or after January 1,
221995. These decisions are to be made available in a manner so
23that the following taxpayer information is not disclosed:
24        (1) The names, addresses, and identification numbers
25    of the taxpayer, related entities, and employees.
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1    secrets or other confidential information identified as
2    such by the taxpayer, no later than 30 days after receipt
3    of an administrative decision, by such means as the
4    Department shall provide by rule.
5    The Director shall determine the appropriate extent of the
6deletions allowed in paragraph (2). In the event the taxpayer
7does not submit deletions, the Director shall make only the
8deletions specified in paragraph (1).
9    The Director shall make available for public inspection and
10publication an administrative decision within 180 days after
11the issuance of the administrative decision. The term
12"administrative decision" has the same meaning as defined in
13Section 3-101 of Article III of the Code of Civil Procedure.
14Costs collected under this Section shall be paid into the Tax
15Compliance and Administration Fund.
16    (e) Nothing contained in this Act shall prevent the
17Director from divulging information to any person pursuant to a
18request or authorization made by the taxpayer, by an authorized
19representative of the taxpayer, or, in the case of information
20related to a joint return, by the spouse filing the joint
21return with the taxpayer.
22(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07; 96-1501, eff. 1-25-11.)
 
23    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
24becoming law.".